The author [Lawrence Wright] contacted me when a high church official 1 said the biography confirmed that Heinlein as Hubbard’s naval intelligence handler sent Hubbard to Jack Parsons to break up “black magic” practice.2 The author of the article3 noted that the biography doesn’t say anything about this. He contacted me by email and we […]

In his Paul Haggis profile in The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright touched on Hubbard’s involvement with Jack Parsons and quoted some new claims in this story made by Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis about Hubbard and Robert Heinlein. After the war, Hubbard’s marriage dissolved1, and he moved to Pasadena2, where he became the housemate of Jack […]

Source: Heinlein Archives (ANNA201a-9) Date: 14 January 1942 Lieutenant Commander A. B. Scoles wrote to Heinlein on stationery from UNITED STATES NAVY YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA, NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY. It’s obvious that they had known each other and been corresponding for some years. Scoles said that he had been reading all Heinlein’s stories, and that it […]

HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 13 FEBRUARY 1971 Remimeo Add Finance Checksheet All FP Members Finance Series 2 FINANCIAL PLANNING TIPS FP need not be a burden at all. If these five conditions exist then FP is very easy. 1. PRODUCE AS AN ACTIVITY. Look over what […]

In this 1952 lecture, Hubbard criticizes the scientific method that he says has been in use for a long time, because it “results in super specialization.” Hubbard gives an example of “super specialization,” and names his authority: Dr. Pottenger, Monrovia, California. 1 Why, you go down a hall in a medical building and you check […]

Source: Heinlein archives (ANNA201-09) Date: 18 May 1940 Lieut. (j.g.) Robert A. Heinlein, U. S. Navy, retired, advised the Bureau of Navigation via the Commandant Eleventh Naval District of his new temporary address, care of John Arwine1, 9 West 32nd Street, New York City, New York.2 Notes See Appearances: John Arwine ↩ Hubbard moved to […]